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Four children, two adults killed in Texas shooting

Four children and two adults were shot and killed Wednesday when gunfire erupted in a home outside Houston, law enforcement officials said.

Authorities say they found three children and two adults shot to death inside a home in Spring, Texas, sometime after 6 p.m., according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

A fourth child who was wounded died at a hospital, according to a sheriff's office news release.

A seventh victim, identified as an adult, remained in critical condition, the release said.

Members of the sheriff's hostage negotiation team were trying to coax an armed suspect into surrendering, police said. A live video feed from ABC13 in Texas showed several police cars at the edge of a cul-de-sac.

A gray car sat parked opposite them at an angle, and a man appeared to be sitting inside the vehicle.

As of 8:30 p.m., an armored vehicle and another truck had moved in and surrounded the vehicle. An officer appeared to be perched atop the truck, behind a shield. Other officers were taking cover behind their cruisers.

It was not immediately clear what led to the shooting, which happened in the town of 55,000 about 20 miles from downtown Houston.

The attack comes just days after four people were wounded, one critically, in a shooting at the Caribbean Festival early Saturday in Houston, police said.